Takashi Sakai

Takashi Sakai (18 October 1887-30 September 1946) was a Lieutenant-General of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 25 December 1941 to 20 February 1942, succeeding Mark Aitchison Young and preceding Rensuke Isogai.

Biography
Takashi Sakai was born on 18 October 1887 in Kamo, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. In 1928, he was held responsible for the murder of Kuomintang officers in the Jinan incident of May 1928, and from 1934 to 1935 he was the Chief-of-Staff of the China Garrison Army. In 1939, he was promoted to Lieutenant-General, and he led the Japanese 23rd Army at the start of World War II, leading it from Canton to attack Hong Kong, held by the United Kingdom. After its fall, he served as its governor for two months, and after the war he was tried for war crimes, found guilty, and hanged in 1946.